Speakers Confirmed Keynote speakers include: Mary Fran Hazinski, RN, MSN  Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics. Having become a highly-respected and recognised authority in paediatric critical care nursing, Mary Fran Hazinski joined the American Heart Association (AHA) in 1988.  She was Chair of the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Committee from 1997-1999 and was then appointed Senior Science Editor for ECC - a position she still holds.  Mary Fran is acknowledged as a world authority on paediatric CPR and has researched and published widely in this International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation 2005 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC.  Mary Fran has been a key member of the international resuscitation community for almost 20 years and has collaborated with the ERC on many important projects. Pat Croskerry M.D., PhD   Pat Croskerry is a Professor in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Medical Education. In addition to his medical training, he holds a doctorate in Experimental Psychology and Fellowship in Clinical Psychology. He has worked in the area of Patient Safety for the last 15 years and has given over 400 talks on the topic at local, national and international levels, including the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, the Mayo Clinic, and Harvard Medical School. He established the first Canadian Symposium on Patient Safety in 2001 in Halifax, which continued annually until 2010. In 2006 he received the Ruedy award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada for innovation in medical education, and in the same year was appointed to the Board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.   His research is principally concerned with clinical decision-making, specifically on diagnostic error. He was a member of the organising committee of the first conference on Diagnostic Error in Phoenix, Arizona in 2008 and on the Los Angeles conference in 2009. He has published over 70 journal articles and 26 book chapters in the area of patient safety, and medical education reform. He is senior editor on a major text Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine published in 2009, and senior author of Diagnosis: Promises and Pitfalls due out in 2012. He currently chairs the Provincial Quality and Patient Safety Advisory Committee of Nova Scotia. Mike Ardagh Mike Ardagh is a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and has a PhD in Bioethics. He is Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, and Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Christchurch Hospital. He is National Clinical Director of Emergency Department Services (a position also known as ‘Target Champion’), to assist with implementation of the ‘Shorter Stays in the Emergency Department’ health target. Professor Judith Finn Judith is a clinical epidemiologist (originally a critical care registered nurse) currently undertaking research in resuscitation, pre-hospital and emergency care.  She has recently been appointed as the Director of the Australian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus- ROC) – which is a NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (Australia).  Judith’s substantive academic appointment is based at The University of Western Australia (UWA) in the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, and her Aus-ROC Director position is based in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, in Melbourne (Victoria). Judith was involved in the 2005 and 2010 ILCOR review of resuscitation science and has recently been appointed as the ILCOR Co-Chair of the 2015 ‘EIT’ (Education, Implementation &Teams) Taskforce.  Judith is a passionate advocate of evidence-based practice and the need for good quality research to address the many gaps in knowledge in resuscitation. Winthrop Professor Ian Jacobs BAppSc, DipEd, PhD, RN, FRCNA, FACAP, FERC Ian is the Clinical Services Director for St John Ambulance (WA) and Professor of Resuscitation and Pre-hospital care at the University of Western Australia. He is a Clinical Epidemiologist with a clinical background as both a Paramedic and Registered Nurse (Emergency). He is also Western Australian State and National Chair of the Australian Resuscitation Council and is Co-chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). He was one of four international evidence evaluation experts for the 2010 Consensus on Science process as well as being a member of the international editorial board for Guidelines 2000 and 2005. In 2010 he was awarded Foundation Fellowship of the European Resuscitation Council in recognition of his contribution to Resuscitation Medicine. Professor Jacobs has published widely with over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals, reports or textbooks and is an associate editor for the Cochrane Heart Group, editorial board for the journal Resuscitation and section editor (Pre-Hospital Care) for Emergency Medicine Australasia. Dr. Mary Seddon Dr. Mary Seddon is the Clinical Director of the Centre for Quality Improvement at Counties Manukau DHB. She directs the Middlemore Hospital Zero Patient Harm Campaign, with a focus on medication safety, prevention of hospital acquired infections and patient falls and pressure injuries. She also coordinates a patient & Family Centred Care group with a number of work programmes in this area. She is a member of the national Expert Advisory Group for medication safety, the regional e- medicines group and the regional First Do No Harm collaborative. Ron Paterson Ron Paterson is Professor of Health Law and Policy at the University of Auckland. He was New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner 2000–2010. With law degrees from Auckland and Oxford Universities, Ron has held Fulbright and Harkness Fellowships. He has researched and lectured on health law and policy in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. His book The Good Doctor: What Patients Want will be published by Auckland University Press in June 2012. Ron is Chairman of the New Zealand Banking Ombudsman Scheme and a member of the Board of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.